More Christmas festivities

Sunday, December 31, 2006


I took this picture merely because the sun was shining. It rarely happens here in Russia, and when it does - it's a cause for celebration and a reason to go out on the streets no matter how cold it is.


This picture was taken at my coursemate Katya's apartment, whichI should mention for any of you who know Moscow, is located on New Arbat Street right about Dom Knigi. Dom Knigi is Moscow's largest and most famous bookstore, and New Arbat is one of the most famous streets in Moscow.

In this picture, Katya is trying to decide between just juice or juice and vodka (or maybe just vodka?). The dilemma was really in the fact that we had class the next day!


Here, our two Russian classmates, Anton (center) and Volodya (right) teach fellow classmate, Kadzu (left) how to properly toast in Russian. Notice that I am not in this picture! I remembered that we had class the next day!

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Need some motivation/new topics

Thursday, December 14, 2006
Hello all!

This is gonna be a quick post - so sorry I haven't been on in a while. I actually posted a ton of new pictures last night - only to log on today to see that nothing I published actually made it to my blog. How frustrating! Well, I'm ridiculously swamped with work - I can't even find the right words to express it to you - but I wanted to thank all of you who have checked in and told me that you are looking for a new post. It's nice to know that you're all enjoying the site, and thinking enough of me to check it every once and a while. As soon as things die down a bit (probably in a week) I'll have tons of new pictures to show. In the meantime, wouldn't you please let me know if there's anything you'd like to know about Russia? Anything you'd like to see me post on the website? Please let me know. I'll also happily accept encouraging words of motivation to keep me going through the next week and a half....yes, I'm groveling. I need some motivation, help me out!

Alrighty folks, that's all for now. I hope you're all enjoying a wonderful holiday season and I'll be talking to you soon!

-Cat